Two recent studies on subliminal messages have found that subconscious visual cues can improve athletic performance and reduce negative age stereotypes of physical ability. The latest research shows ...

Based on the short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson, They Live stars the late professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper as a drifter named Nada (Spanish for nothing). He finds a ...

One of the strangest yet most well-known court cases blaming a band for a fan’s suicide concluded 30 years ago, on Aug. 24, 1990. On trial was the British heavy metal band Judas Priest, who released ...

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill recalled how their 1990 trial over alleged subliminal messaging had put the band in doubt over its own innocence. The metal icons were summoned to court in the aftermath ...

The 1990 subliminal message trial against Judas Priest was, frankly, dumb. For those of you who don’t know the story, here’s a brief summary: in December of 1985, two young men in Nevada, Raymond ...

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